I wasn’t sure if the Roseate Spoonbill was watching me or the cemetery grounds crew working with mowers and weed whackers behind me.
The bird was curious…
… but didn’t come any closer.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
August 21, 2023
A couple of Roseate Spoonbills were just wandering around in the pond, not feeding, just checking things out.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
August 21, 2023
A pair of Roseate Spoonbills just hanging around in a tree while the tide was up; they need the water to be shallow to feed.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
August 21, 2023
Great Blue Heron perched over a pond, just looking around.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 20, 2023
This Little Blue Heron has just a few remnants of his juvenile white feathers. By next year’s breeding season he’ll be a full adult and completely blue.
He seemed to have something to say, and I was expecting him to fly.
What?
I have no idea what caught his eye, but he did not fly.
He did, however, give the sky a good look.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 20, 2023
This Green Hero seemed un-phased that he was being watched. Usually they are quick to fly when humans approach, but this one not only stayed for this photo session, when I looked from the other side of the pond twenty minutes later he was still there.
Looking at the duck weed stuck to his legs I expect he recently had been feeding along the pond edge.
Then it was all about tidying up, preening each feather.
A cloud went over the sun just as the heron turned towards me, completely changing the light.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
August 20, 2023
The early morning sun made an interesting pattern across the sides of this walkway as a Great Blue Heron flew up.
This pond is part of the new Dorchester County Ashley River Park and I suspect this GBH has taken the pond on as his own. He was very comfortable with human passerby and I saw him fly back and forth several times.
Ashley River Park, Summerville, SC
August 1, 2023
Trees on the back side of the pond this Great Blue Heron was flying over made a variety of reflections in the water.
Ashley River Park, Summerville, SC
August 1, 2023
A Great Blue Heron flew by me on a rather blue morning.
I missed the full reflection, but just love the full stretched heron.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
July 25, 2023
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
January 17, 2023
